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The octogenarian also thanked Senator Kalu for honouring his invitation last year during his golden jubilee marriage anniversary in Ebem Ohafia, Abia State, describing him as simplicity and humility personified. An elder statesman retired SSS personnel, Chief Ubaka Okali has congratulated the Chief Whip of Nigerian Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu as he marks 61st birthday celebration, describing him as a great leader with uncommon courage. According to Chief Okali, father of Mr. Ifeanyi Okali, Director ABN TV, Sen. Kalu has remained a figure to reckon with in the development of Abia State dating back to his days as governor…

Pantami: Presidency’s Statement Confirms Sympathy For Terrorism Opposition People’s Democratic Party says with the presidency’s backing of embattled communications minister Isa Pantami who has faced calls for his removal from office over his links with terrorist organisations al-Queda and the Taliban, it is now clear that the Buhari administration has become unpretentious about its support for terrorists and their affiliates. Read the party’s statement below: Pantami: Presidency’s Statement Confirms Sympathy For Terrorism The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the statement by the Buhari Presidency, in which it shows a desperation to provide official cover to a terrorism apologist further confirms…

Bandits Abduct 77 Persons In Fresh Attack On Kaduna Village The incident is coming on the heels of bandits’ attack on Greenfield University along the Kaduna – Abuja highway in Chikun Local Government Area of the state, killing a staff member of the institution while several students were abducted.   Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted 77 persons at Libere village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, April 21. According to AIT, village head of neighbouring Kalla, Aminu Na’Iri who confirmed the incident said eight members of a family, including…

Linking Yakowa’s death to Pantami, smear campaign taken too far – JNI The Jama’atul Nasril Islam, JNI, has described as “excessive convulsive smear campaign taken too far”, linking the death of fomer Kaduna State governor Patrick Yakowa to the organisation and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. The Secretary General of JNI, Dr Khalid Abubakar, said this in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Mr Abubakar said the JNI under the leadership of Muhammad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the JNI, called on the Federal Government and security agencies to…

Tears as Nigeria loses daughter of  prominent leader   Aishatu Ahmadu Bello, the of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria and Sardauna of Sokoto, has died at the age of 75. The deceased was a widow to the late Marafan Sokoto, Ahmad Danbaba. Her son Hassan Danbaba confirmed her death, saying she died at a Dubai hospital after a brief illness. Mr Danbaba said arrangements are being made to fly her remains from Dubai for burial in Sokoto. She left behind five children, among whom are a prominent business man, Magajin Garin Sokoto Hassan Danbaba and Asmau, the wife of…

Three of the students abducted from Greenfield University in Kaduna State have been murdered. Students of the private university were then whisked away. In a statement on Friday, Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan said the remains of the three students were found at Kwanar Bature village, a location close to the university, on Friday. “In an act of mindless evil and sheer wickedness, the armed bandits who kidnapped students of Greenfield University, have shot dead three of the abducted students. “The armed bandits on Tuesday night kidnapped an unspecified number of students at the…

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENCY ON RECENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL ECONOMY Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter how long ago, and even after they have later rejected them. This insidious phenomenon seeks to cancel the careers of others on the basis of a thing they have said, regardless of when they said it. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is, currently,…

Unknown gunmen Strike Again In Ibarapaland, Kidnap 18 Passengers In Eruwa, Oyo State Again, suspected daredevil yet-to-identified gumen on Thursday have kidnapped about 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa Road in Ibarapa area of Oyo State. An impeccable source told OptimalTimesNG that the victims were traveling on an 18-passenger bus along the road. It is the same area where some students were abducted a couple of days ago. Efforts to get confirmation from the Oyo State Police Command proved abortive. Details later…  

How Pantami plotted to violently wipe away Christians from Northern Nigeria, kill Christian Governor “We must either use the security or other means to eliminate the governor, his family and all those supporting him,” Pantami and the Muslim leaders were quoted as saying in the communique adopted at the meeting held at Bauchi Central Mosque.     years after the helicopter crash that took the life of the former Governor of Kaduna State Mr Patrick Yakowa, a document has emerged alleging the involvement of the embattled Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isa Pantami in the alleged assassination plot. Yakowa the…

A Terrorist Is A Terrorist! There's Nothing Like Repentant Terrorist, Not Even Isa Pantami : Nnamdi Kanu The leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that there are no repentant terrorists. Kanu was referring to the alleged ties of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, with terrorism. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, Kanu alleged that terrorism is a form of Islamic ideology, as well as a religious duty for every Muslim that believes in the holy war, Jihad. He wrote, “In case you forgot, terrorism is a form of #Islamic…